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December 8th, 2015

This is the story of a man who is married to an Instagram star. Well, she might not be a star, but she’s certainly a contender. The husband is important to her Instagram feed, even though you never see him. It&rsqu...

Drunk people tend to start acting strangely as soon as the hooch takes a hold of them, and their behavior only gets worse as they get drunker and therefore feel less inclined to care how they're acting.This is especially...

The history of passports was already interesting, but with the plights of Syrian refugees in the news and the debate over immigration in the US, those official papers take on even more importance. Passports and visas are...

(Photo: Courtney Solstad)"I'm going to wet my pants!""Don't do that!" says the mom.Santa Claus came early for the Solstad family of McKinney, Texas. The little girls asked him for a baby brother. And they got one! The fa...

Only ten days remain before the opening of the movie we never thought we’d see, and then lost our minds over when we found out otherwise. The December issue of Rolling Stone magazine has an extensive look...

(Image: Jonathan Corum/New York Times)Between 2001 and 2013, 1,367 American servicemen suffered genital trauma while serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most lost part or all of their penises and test...

The term celebrity is used rather loosely these days, and basically anyone who finds themselves with enough Twitter followers and more than five minutes of screen time calls themselves a celebrity.But those "famous" face...

Imgur member EddardStawk posted a simple photo of a cat sitting on a plain white floor. He then invited the good people of the internet to add doodles to send the cat on wild and amazing adventures. Now he's an acrobat,...

Mallory Ortberg asked her Twitter followers to share their stories about their dads’ music. People couldn’t wait to embarrass their fathers with silly memories.
@mallelis When I saw this in my dad's record c...

Cowbell by The 126thWhenever you hear a song and feel like something's missing that something is probably the metallic sound of the cowbell, the best way to keep a rhythm when you're in the groove. The cowbell is the mo...

"Seedles" wildflower seed bombsThis mental_floss article is a list of eleven ideas perfect for that Secret Santa gift exchange at work or a friend with whom you trade fun, quirky and inexpensive gifts during the...

Remember when Christine McConnell decorated her parents’ home with eyeballs for Halloween? her Christmas decorations are gentler, yet even more elaborate. The gingerbread and, uh, gingerbread are made of lightweigh...

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODgwL7DJ9dY](Video Link)Blah, blah, blah. Sure, it's only 1 minute and 3 seconds, but it can feel like an eternity. Amirite guys?New York magazine noticed that aside from Leia, t...

Sometimes spot-news reporters are trying to work their way up to an anchor's seat, other times they're trying to report the news before anyone else, but only a select few are actually heroes.They're the reporters who got...

Drug users, and others who are down on their luck financially, will often turn to dealing drugs to make a quick buck. The markup on illegal drugs is enormous, reflecting the risk much more than the work involved. However...

Not everyone who decorates for, and celebrates, Christmas is a Christian, and we put up holiday decorations we see as fun and funny assuming we're free to decorate our homes as we see fit.Heaven forbid (literally) we pre...

(Image Link)Some women wish they could keep their faces warm in the winter by growing a thick, luxurious beard like those side show ladies, or the feral werewolf women of Romania, but alas they were cursed with a relativ...

Dissent From Fear by OneBluebird ArtThey say that the best way to handle fear is to face it head on and learn to live with it, but in truth the only way to eradicate fear from your life is to dissent from it. Those who...

[https://youtu.be/ACmJ9Swxvbk]YouTube LinkYouTube user Simona Brozova uses her account in part to introduce viewers to her Akita Raion and Jujube, her bunny. These animals are quite the friendly pair. In t...

(Image: CBS)Do you have doubts about the attractiveness of your own body? Then it may be helpful for you to attend a life drawing class and sketch a nude art model. That's the conclusion of a new study conducted by Dr. V...

Time has announced the results of its readers poll that accompanies the selection of their Person of the Year. The only person to garner a double-digit percentage of votes is presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. He was...

In the beginning, he was awed by the meaning and the power of the Force. He used it carefully and reverently.Then, about 5 years after completing his training, Max Goodrich, without realizing it, began taking his powers...

For the first time in three years, NASA will be accepting applications for its astronaut program beginning next week. Do you have the right stuff? The requirements are not exactly things you can throw together in your re...